OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14224570
DAN RIVER, INCORPORATED-SCHOOFIELD MACHINE SHOP
DANVILLE, VA·
Event description
LATHE OPERATOR KILLED BY ROTATING STEEL ROD
Investigation abstract
At approximately 7 p.m., on January 29, 1986, Employee #1 inserted a steel rod 1 .25 in. in diameter through the headstock of a Lodge Shipley lathe s/n 49401. Ap proximately 24 in. of the rod extended outside the lathe that was equipped with a pinned 5.5 lbs offset dog weight located 8.5 in. form the outside extended end of the shaft. Employee #1 started lathe in motion in high range at a fast rpm a nd the offset weight created an extremely high centrifugal force. The force bent the extended portion of the rod nearly 90 degrees and turning like an air plane propeller, struck Employee #1 in the head and killed him.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 31 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 704
- Human factor
- 6
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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